Job 8:9
(of course, we are but of yesterday and are ignorant that our days on earth are like a shadow,)
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:)
In Context
8For inquire of the earliest generation, and investigate diligently the history of the fathers,
10and they will teach you; they will speak with you and will offer you the eloquence of their hearts.
Cross References
Genesis 47:9He responded, “The days of my sojourn are one hundred and thirty years, few and unworthy, and they do not reach even to the days of the sojourning of my fathers.”
Job 7:6My days have passed by more quickly than threads are cut by a weaver, and they have been consumed without any hope.
Job 14:2He comes forth like a flower, and is crushed, and he flees, as if a shadow, and never remains in the same state.
Psalms 82:5They have said, “Come, let us scatter them from the nations and not allow the name of Israel to be remembered any longer.”
Psalms 102:11For according to the height of the heavens above the earth, so has he reinforced his mercy toward those who fear him.
Psalms 144:4Generation after generation will praise your works, and they will declare your power.
Matthew Henry on Job 8:9-20
8 For enquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers: 9 (For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:) 10 Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their heart? 11 Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water? 12 Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb. 13 So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite's hope shall perish:… Read the whole commentary →